Ornamental objects



Oct. 18, 1932.

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Patented Oct. 18, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EDWIN BIRD WILSON, OFFOREST HILLS, AND NICHOLAS JOHN RESSETAR, OF FLUSH- ING, NEW YORK,ASSIGNORS TO DESIGN LABORATORIES, INCORPORATED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ACORYORATION OF NEW YORK ORNAMENTAL OBJECTS Application filed September10, 1931. Serial No. 562,100.

This invention relates to ornamental objects such as lamps which areassembled from a plurality of members held together in intersectingposition by means of slots therein.

It is an object of the invention to provide an ornamental object such asa lamp which is constructed of a plurality of elements such as tubes orother hollow members held together in intersected relationship by meansof slots placed therein at suitable positions.

In accordance with our invention, we construct a lamp frame or otherornamental device by providing an enclosure consisting of a plurality ofsheets of material interlocked by means of slots therein and protectedat the point of intersection by means of a hollow solid member such as atube. This latter member serves not only to cover'the joint between twointerlocking sheets but also adds rigidity to the body and prevents onemember thereof from moving relative to another.

According to another embodiment of the invention aplurality of tubularor other hollow members are joined together in intersecting relationshipby means of slots therein so that a rigid three-dimensional structureresults.

Both of the above mentioned structures may be used as a lamp by placinga lighting source inside of the closure formed by the different members,or may be used in the production of any ornamentalpbject desired.

The above mentioned and other objects and advantages of. the inventionwill be made clear in the following description and accompanyingdrawings. 1

In the drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates in plan view an ornamental objectconstructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional. view taken along line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an exploded view showing the parts in their relative positionsprior to bein assembled.

. Fig. 4 is a view of a modified form of my invention.

Fig. 5 is an exploded view showing the several parts in their properrelative positions prior to being assembled.

Figs. 6, 8, and 12 are plan views of modified forms of devices embodyingmy in vention, and Figs. 7, 9 and 11 are respectively side elevationviews partly in section, of the devices shown in Figs. 6, 8 and 10.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, reference numerals 1, 2, 3and 4 indicate sheet members which are placed in intersectingrelationship and locked against movement by means of slots therein.Sheets 1 and 3 have four slots projecting downwardly therein which arenumbered 5, 6, 7 and 8, and the sheets 2 and 4 have two slots 9 and 10projecting upwardly and two slots 11 and 12 projecting downwardly. Inthe process of assembling the two sheets, 1 and 4 fit together by meansof slots 5 and 10, slot 8 engages slot 10 of sheet 2, slot 9 of sheet 4engages slot 5 of sheet 3 and slot 9 of sheet 2 engages slot 8 of sheet3, thereby forming a hollow body. After these four members areassembled, tubes 13,14, 15 and 16 are put into position. Each of thesetubes has two slots therein. These are shown at 17 and 18 on tube 13.The slotsin the tube 13 engage with slot 6 of sheet 1 and 12 of sheet 4,and the other tubes are similarly positioned. As shown in plan in Fig.1, the resultant structure is necessarily rigid. The sheets areprevented from moving towards or away from each other both by the slotswhich interlock and by the slots in the tube through which they pass.

As shown in Fig. 4, the four tubes may be interlocked directly withoutthe use of inter-- mediate interlocked sheets. In this figure, referencenumerals 17, 18,19 an 20 .are applied to hollow tubes, each of which hasfour slots therein as shown most clearly in Fig. 5.

Tube 17 has slots 21, 22, 23 and 24 therein and in tube 18 the slots maybe indicated by 25,

26, 27 and 28. These two tubes, for example, are interlocked by engagingslots 21 and 22 of tube 17 withslots 25 and 26 of tube 18 respectivelyand the other tubes may be similarly interconnected. It will be notedthat in tubes 17 and 19 the slots point upwardly whereas in tubes 18 and20 they point downwardly. When it is desired to assemble all four, thetubes 17 and 19 may he stood on end and the tubes 18 and 20 move intoposition from the top downwardly so that all of the slots engageproperly. The resultant structure is extremely rigid while simple andcheap to construct.

The sheets and tubes used in the making of ornamental objects accordingto our invention may be of glass, Pyrolin or any other suitabletransparent or .translucent material, or where the passage of light isnot desired, they may be of metal or opaque material. No rivets, cementor the like, is necessary in constructing objects of this character. Itis merely necessary to make the proper slots by sawing or milling themembers and thereafter sliding the members together. As these structuresare inherently rigid in all directions, no extra element is needed toprevent the collapse thereof as is the case where four thin sheetmembers are interlocked by means of notches to form a hollow body.

Figs. 6 and 7 show a modified form of device consisting of a square tube29 having interlocked therewith two sheet members 30 and 31. The sheetmembers are each slotted half way so that the two may be fitted togetherand the tube is slotted at its lower corners to receive the ends of thesheet members. Figs. 8 and 9 show a somewhat similar device having apair of interlocked sheets 32 and 33 and a pair of concentricallyarranged cylinders 34 and 35 slotted to receive the sheets. The innertube 34 may be adapted to receive a lamp socket 36 and the wire 37therefor may be concealed within this tube.

The structure shown in Figs. 10 and 11 may be incorporated in a lamp orother ornamental device. The two profile members 38 and 39 are slottedto fit together at right angles and are positioned in slots 40 in theupper end of a tube 41 and in slots 42 in the lower end of tube 43. Thetwo tubes 41 and 43 telescope together and a ferrule 44 is fitted overthe end of tube 41 to present a finished appearance.

The embodiment of Fig. 12 comprises four tubes 45, 46, 47 and 48, oftriangular crosssection, which are slotted so as to fit togethersimilarly to the tubes of Fig. 5. A lamp socket might be positionedwithin the center tube 48, the tubes 45, 46 and 47 serving as supportingfeet, or lamp sockets might be placed in each of the outer tubes ifdesirable.

A particular embodiment of this invention has been described merely forthe purpose of illustration and it will be understood that modificationsand variations thereof may be made within the scope of the invention asdefined by the'appended claims.

What we claim is:

1. An ornamental body comprising a series of hollow three-dimensionalslotted members joined together in intersecting relation ship to form acomposite hollow body, the first member of said series being joined tothe last thereof.

2. An ornamental body comprising a plurality of three-dimensional hollowslotted members joined together in intersecting relationship by means ofthe slots therein.

3. An ornamental body comprising a plurality of tubular members joinedtogether in intersecting relationship by means of slots therein.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification this10th day of July, 1931.

EDWIN BIRD WILSON. NICHOLAS JOHN RESSETAR.

